Finn inpsired canvas...VLVS! style!

I been wanting to do a Finn inspired canvas with VLVS! since I did a little 4x4 with a coaster to get my feet wet. So that's what I did in December. I did it so far in advance because I wanted to give it to my parents to take with them to Las Vegas. They will be there for the whole month of February(So they are bond to go to the VLVS! store for me sometime in the month!).... leaving me in cold snowy Chicago! Sigh!

The canvas is a 5x7 flat board canvas by Artist Loft.I started of stamping on white cardstock Couture by Brian Kesinger in black memento ink and colored her in Prisma color pencils. I then glued her down the canvas.  I glued on white lace from my stash and the white rosette trim by May Arts with gel medium. I then put some molding paste on the canvas and took the Harlequin Diamond background stamp in the molding paste. The I went to the sink and washed the stamp off. After I let the molding paste dried. I then went to town and glued all kinds of things down to the canvas. I dud use molding paste as a glue for the stuff (do you spy a pink Flamingo. lol), because I was very low of gel medium.

When done this is what it looks like before the magic happens.

Now the after!

Before spraying I did put a few post it notes over the stamped image on the canvas to protect it.

I used Dylusion Pink Bubble gum spray, Lindy stamp gang Dark Chocolate Truffle, starbusrt spray, Phantom Fushia moon shadow mist, and Screaming Banchee Black Starburst spray. I then went over some parts with Luminere pearl Magenta paint. Some more spraying. and then i went over some parts with bronze, and silver craft paints. 

When I was done and took off the tape and post it notes that was on the image. ad i did get some of the pink spray on it. I tried to fix it, but it looked awful! So I covered it with the sprays and paints. I re stamped the image and colored her and fussy cut her out. I used foam tape to pop her up on the canvas. 

It needed something so I stamped Dream Big and Make a Wish on white card stock cut the words apart and then painted them with the Dylusion bubblegum pink and then Phantom Fushia with a brush. klet them dry and put them on the canvas with foam tape. Love how it turned out!

Stamped used

Harlequin Diamond background 

Couture by Brian Kesinger

Make a wish

Dream Big

Items used

5x7 canvas

Gel Medium

Molding Paste

May Arts rosette trim

Lace

junk from my stash

Moon Shadow Mist and starburst sprays by Lindy's Stamp Gang

Luminare magenta paint

bronze and silver craft paint

white cardstock

prisma color pencils

black menento ink ad

foam tape

Happy birthday mom

Tomorrow is my mom's birthday. Here is a quick little card I made for her using VLVS! stamps and Pure Glitz(pre-stickles)

Dont forget about the superbowl sale Viva Las VegaStamps! is having through Feb. 18. 47% off stamps and Miracle tape! code "super47" go stock up!!!

And tomorrow is my blog post over at the VLVS! blog! 

Make Something as cute as a bug!

Last page for now. I have a lot of pages in stages, and all a hot mess I think. :P This one is another napkin. I used yellow and green craft paints. I added a bird stencil using a greener green (greener green? is that a word? LOL). I tried to fade it into the page the greener green. Oh! I also used the Harlequin stencil(both the bird and the harlequin stencils were given to me from Fiona) I was looking through my collage fodder and saw this add from Fruity/Cocoa Pebbles. Cut the pictures out and glued them on the page. I even used the words on that was on the ad. The I did something I hardly ever do. I doodled on the page. I made dots behind the bees, like they were flying. I doodled some flowers(badly). I even outlined the bird, gave him a wing and an eye.

Now is time

This page is from The Julie Fei-Fan Balzer lesson from Creative Jumpstart. She showed us how to use stencils with ink pad, sprays and paint. 

The first layer I used the number mask that my friend Julia sent me with Black Soot Distress Ink pad. The second layer I used the brick stencil that my freind Jean sent me with Autumn Maple Crimson Starburst Stain from Lindy's Stamp Gang. The last Layer I used the same Number mask with black craft paint.

The girl is from an ad in a Guitar Magazine. The Now is Time is from an ad in a magazine I had for a while. Went over the squares in back and white neo 2's 

more pages

Some of you may know my dad was in  the hospital(twice. They released him too early the first time at the first hospital. he's been out for about a week now. Doing pretty good. I did this page on and off during the first time he was in there. The lung are a transfer i did with matte medium and something I printed online.Then went over with with Neo 2's. Everything I learn something new I do something on it.

The next page I did during the same time period. The background i dragged the paper through some sprays, that I did a while ago. The I drew a face and colored it in with Neo 2's.

one hot mess

one day i was gluing a bunch of napkins in my art journal. one page i used 3 different butterfly napkins. I then painted some yellow craft paint around the napkins. then I used a tree mask 2 times and blue craft paint.I took my punchenllia and some yellow craft paint. I then added some yellow drips. It was starting to look like a mess. I found a house and glued that down the page. I did clear packing tape transfer with a magazine image. glued that to the page. still looked like one ho mess. so that's what I titled the page. I used stickers that I got from Target. I did add some tacky glue to the sticker letters.

animal pages

Okay so its been a while since I posted any art Journal pages, since the NANOJOUMO happened.  So here are a couple of them. The pictures I used were from a calender I had gotten at Target at their $1 spot in Dec. I think. 

This one nothing special. Just spread some red and orange pant. The quote I wrote in Neo Color II's.

After I used a purple craft paint I then took a stencil that my Friend Fiona sent me and used a darker purple. The quote again I wrote in Neo color II's. "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in mu pajamas I'll never know." Gracho Marx

TThis page and a lot of texture in the background thanks to some molding paste that I wiped off from a stencil on the page. Also has some other stuff on the page. painted the page with neon purple. and wrote the quote in white Neo 2's